practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
being disappointed and disheartened
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
promising; hopeful; full of promise
student; follower; students and pupils
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
encampment; official residence (of a magistrate or minor feudal lord); administrative headquarters (of a minor daimyo or shogunate deputy)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
government office; public office
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
writing brush and paper; pen and paper; handwriting
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
recommendation; referral; endorsement
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
to work as; to pursue as a vocation
good; goodness; right; virtue
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
lattice; latticework; lattice door; check(ed) pattern; plaid
brocade; fine dress; fine clothes